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Accumulation of non-compressive fascicular lesions underlies NF2 polyneuropathy.
Journal of neurology - 1 Jan 2013
Bäumer P, Mautner V F, Bäumer T, Schuhmann M U, Tatagiba M, Heiland S, Kaestel T, Bendszus M, Pham M
Abstract excerpt
A distinct polyneuropathy (PNP) syndrome affects up to 66 % of patients with neurofibromatosis II (NF2). Whether this is primarily a diffuse PNP or due to single, surgically amenable mass lesions has not yet been conclusively demonstrated. We aimed to solve this question by investigating the pathomorphological MR imaging correlate of this rare disorder. Eight patients with NF2-PNP were characterized by clinical...
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